Apparatus for playing a table game.



W. GLASS.

APPARATUS FOR PLAYING A TABLE GAME. :PPLmA'TmN FILED 811191211, 1913.

1,126,980. Patented Feb. 2, 1915.

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" W MM WILLIAM GLASS, OF LONDON, ENGLAND.

APPARATUS FOR PLAYING A TABLE GAME.

Specification of Letters Patent.

Patented. Feb. 2, 1915..

Application filed September 11, 1913. Serial No. 789,329.

To all whom it may concern Be it known that I, \VILLIAM GLASS, a subjectof the King of Great Britain and Ireland, and resident of London,England, have invented a certain new and useful Improvement in Apparatusfor Playing a Table Game, of which the following is a specification.

This invention relates to a table game of skill of the type whereindisks are projected upon a playing area formed upon a smooth surface,detachable or otherwise, suitably marked out. According to thisinvention, the disksare projected by elastic means.

To render the following description clear, a sheet of drawings isappended,in which:

Figure 1 is a partial plan view of the main part of the apparatus. Figs.:2 and 3 are modifications hereinafter referred to. Fig. 4 is a view ofa roller and attachment. Fig. 5 is a perspective view of the attachingdetail. Fig. 6 illustrates a feature hereinafter referred to. Fig. 7 isa modification or alternative of Fig. 5. Fig. 8 is a side elevation of adisk used with this game apparatus.

The playing area may be formed on a roller sheet a which is furnishedwith a desired playing figuration; the sheet is mounted upon rollerssuch as b at one or each end which have projections c at each extremitywhereby a twisted metal clip clmore clearly seen in Fig. 5-or othermeans may secure same to the table or the like. The clip may be in theform of bent wire 6 as seen in Fig. 7. A permanent table with theplaying figuration marked thereon may be used as an alternative.

A bow device is adapted to be secured to the table at the players end,said bow being an approximately semicircular or curvedshaped member 7furnished with a suitable elastic strip 9 between its extremities; or,as a modification, the bow may be dispensed with and the elastic stripattached directly to clips or clamps which may be secured to the tableedge.

As a preferred construction the bow f aforesaid is pivotally attached tothe table in order that the position of the elastic strip 9 may bevaried at will in accordance with the direction in which it is intendedto proj ect the disks. The pivoting of the bow may be at one side edgeof the table or centrally of the bow at the bottom of the table, andconsists, in one form, of a suitable attaching block or the like h whichis or may be clamped by a vise-clamp or other means to the table, whichmay at the same time clamp one end of the sheet a when same is used. Thebow is preferably constructed of flat wood as in Fig. 1 formed ofdetachable p0r-- tions for convenience of packing and transit, saidportions fitting into the pivoted part 2'. Or, in another form, thecurved arms of the bow may be thin metal members jsee Fig. 2fitting intotubular or other sockets is in or on a portion similar to z pivoted tothe aforesaid pivotal clamp member h. In the case of a member such as jthe flexible strip 9 may be inextensible and the clasticity acquiredfrom the springiness of the thin metal members. Alternatively, the bow3' may be as one whole and not dividedsee Fig. 3.

In the instance when the bow is dispensed with, one or both of theclamps which are attached to the table (and hold the elastic strip) maybe adjustable thereon with or without the intervention of roller orslide devices.

The disks Z are formed with projections, such as knobs m or curvedgrooved raised portions.

In play, the player slides the disk Z under the elastic or other strip(which is adjusted in height from the table surface as desired by meansof pieces 0) until the projection m encounters the said strip 9,- then,by sliding farther and distending the elastic strip as depicted in Fig.1, or pulling together the bow extremities, the disk may be projected onto the playing area. The strip 9 has been previously adjusted accordingto the players skill in order that the disk may be projected at anyangle with relation to the table edges and playing area. The mode ofattaching the strip 9 to the bow may be as found convenient; forinstance, in Fig. 1 it is attached to a screw or the like n, or when ametal bow j is employed the extremities may be bent as at p-Fig. 6.

It is understood that various modifications of the foregoingconstructions may be adopted within the scope of the present invention.

Having now described my invention,what I claim as new and desire tosecure by Letters Patent of the United States is 1. A projecting devicefor game apparatus including in combination with a support, an attachingblock adapted to be secured to said support, a resilient bow meming theextremities of the boW, an attaching ber pivotally attached at itsintermediate block for the bow, and a pivotal connection portion to saidattaching block, and means between the bow and attaching block. forconnecting the opposite extremities of In testimony whereof I haveaffixed my 5 the bZW member. s 1 b signature in presence of tWoWitnesses.

2. game apparatus inc uding in com i- I nation with the playing area anda projec- WILLIAM GLASS tile member a device for projecting saidWitnesses: member over the playing area comprising a Ron'r. HUNTER,

10 spring bow member, a flexible strip connect- EDWIN O. AXE.

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